About
| Birth Name: | Richard Anthony Marin |
| Birth Notes: | 13 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| Family: | * 'Patti Heid' (1 April 1986 - ?) (divorced); 2 children * Rikki Marin (1 November 1975 - 1984) (divorced); 1 child * 'Natasha Rubin' (8 August 2009 - present) |
Filmography
| A Million to Juan (1994) as Shell Shock |
| After Hours (1985) as Neil |
| Cannonball Run II (1984) as Tire Store Employee |
| Cars (2006) as Ramone |
| Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) as Cheech/Dwayne 'Red' Mendoza |
| Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) as Corsican Brother |
| Christmas with the Kranks (2004) as Officer Salino |
| Far Out Man (1990) as Himself |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) as Stump |
| From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) as Border Guard/Chet Pussy/Carlos |
| Get Out of My Room (1985) as Himself/Ian Rotten |
| Ghostbusters II (1989) as Dock Supervisor |
| Good Boy! (2003) as The Greater Dane's Henchman |
| Grass (1999) as Pedro De Pacas |
| Grindhouse (2007) as Padre Benicio Del Toro (segment "Machete") |
| It Came from Hollywood (1982) as Himself |
| Machete (2010) as Padr |
| Nice Dreams (1981) as Cheech |
| Oliver & Company (1988) as Alonzo Ignacio Julio Federico de Tito |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) as Belini |
| Paulie (1998) as Ignacio |
| Picking Up the Pieces (2000) as Mayor Machado |
| Planet Terror (2007) as Priest |
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) as Eddie Cortez |
| Spy Kids (2001) as Felix Gumm |
| Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) as Felix Gumm |
| Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) as Felix Gumm |
| The Lion King (1994) as Banzai |
| Things Are Tough All Over (1982) as Cheech/Mr. Slyman/Narrator |
| This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (2003) as Caesar |
| Tin Cup (1996) as Romeo Posar |
| Uncle P (2007) as Juan |
| Underclassman (2005) as Captain Victor Delgado |
| Up in Smoke (1978) as Pedro De Pacas |
| Yellowbeard (1983) as El Segundo |
| Get Out of My Room (1985) |
| A/k/a Tommy Chong (2006) as Himself |
| Angel of Oxnard (2009) as Angel Mejias |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) as Manuel |
| Born in East L.A. (1987) as Rudy |
| Charlie's Ghost Story (1994) as Coronado |
| Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story (2003) as Narrator |
| Desperado (1995) as Short Bartender |
| Echo Park (1986) as Syd |
| Fatal Beauty (1987) as Bartender |
| Gedo senki (2006) as Hare |
| Group Madness (1983) as Himself |
| Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2010) as The Three Little Hench Pigs: Mad Hog |
| It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998) as Chili |
| Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano (2006) |
| Luminarias (2000) as Jesus |
| Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Prospero |
| Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995) as Himself |
| Pinocchio (2002) as The Fox |
| Rude Awakening (1989) as Jesus Monteya |
| Secrets of Life (2009) as Himself |
| Sian Ka'an (2005) |
| Still Smokin (1983) as Cheech |
| The Great White Hype (1996) as Julio Escobar |
| The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III (1994) as Master Borgia |
| The Original Latin Kings of Comedy (2002) as Himself |
| The Perfect Game (2009) as Padre Estaban |
| The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990) as Carlos |
| The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007) as Himself |
| The Venice Project (1999) as Himself |
| Troop Beverly Hills (1989) as Himself |
| Untitled Cheech & Chong Animated Project (2010) as Himself |
| Angel of Oxnard (2009) |
| Born in East L.A. (1987) |
Trivia
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* "Cheech" is derived from chicharron, a spicy fried pork skin snack. * His father is a 30-year veteran of the LAPD. * Resides in San Francisco's Seacliff neighborhood * Speaks fluent Spanish. * Is a brother of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity * Hated golf until he co-starred in Tin Cup (1996) ; now is a avid golfer * Is among the top collectors of Mexican and Mexican-American art, having put together at least one book on the subject and supported the development of Chicano art on the West Coast. * Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 104-105 (article "Cheech and Chong"). New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 * He was the first Celebrity Jeopardy Champion. * Has worked with director Robert Rodriguez seven times, starting with Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Spy Kids (2001), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and Grindhouse (2007). * Owns and plays Taylor guitars. * Majored in English at Calfornia State University Northridge. * Played in the 2005 All-Star Cup golf tournament, dubbed the 'Celebrity Ryder Cup', at Newport, Wales, UK. |
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